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Hello everyone
I’m new to this forum but have owned a MINI before and also own a classic 1984 mini city so I’m quite the fan of these cars!
Just purchased a 2008 Mini clubman diesel as a ‘spares or repair’ project and was wondering everyone’s opinion on where I should start.
So..
108k
Full service history and 12 months MOT
New clutch & flywheel
New turbo and all pipes within the last 10k Miles
Cars clean and lovely
So why is it spares or repairs???
Well....
When you start the car it’s very tappy but this does suddenly get better and it just sounds like a normal diesel, almost like oil isn’t reaching the top of the engine straight away
Very sooty black exhaust pipe and black smoke when you put your foot down
Once the engine has warmed up and you idle you get a low oil pressure warning light...
How it got an MOT last month I’ll never know but hey ho
So... my initial thoughts are the engines knackered, but I did drive it 200 miles yesterday and it run fine, just the oil warning light when I reached traffic or idled...
I was gonna remove the sump and check the oil pick up isn’t blocked as well as the vacuum pump.
Anyone had any similar problems/experiences.
I purchased the car with a budget of possibly needing to source and replace the engine, but would be great to fix this one
I’m new to this forum but have owned a MINI before and also own a classic 1984 mini city so I’m quite the fan of these cars!
Just purchased a 2008 Mini clubman diesel as a ‘spares or repair’ project and was wondering everyone’s opinion on where I should start.
So..
108k
Full service history and 12 months MOT
New clutch & flywheel
New turbo and all pipes within the last 10k Miles
Cars clean and lovely
So why is it spares or repairs???
Well....
When you start the car it’s very tappy but this does suddenly get better and it just sounds like a normal diesel, almost like oil isn’t reaching the top of the engine straight away
Very sooty black exhaust pipe and black smoke when you put your foot down
Once the engine has warmed up and you idle you get a low oil pressure warning light...
How it got an MOT last month I’ll never know but hey ho
So... my initial thoughts are the engines knackered, but I did drive it 200 miles yesterday and it run fine, just the oil warning light when I reached traffic or idled...
I was gonna remove the sump and check the oil pick up isn’t blocked as well as the vacuum pump.
Anyone had any similar problems/experiences.
I purchased the car with a budget of possibly needing to source and replace the engine, but would be great to fix this one